ELA Poetry Vocabulary

begins with several words with the same sound

ex) twisting trout twinkled in the twilight

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a reference to mythological, literary, biblical, etc

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

exact repetition of a word or group of words in successive lines

ex) switch fin hath...

Switch fin hath...

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the direct juxtaposition of structurally parallel words/phrases/clauses for the purpose of contrast ex) sink or swim, to be or not to be

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Anthropomorphism

• personification in which human characteristics are given to animals

• personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or living

  ex) Death, take me now

• repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sentence ex) he cried a sigh of high denial

• omitting conjunctions, articles, or pronouns for speed or economy

  ex) the conjunction "&" is removed in I came, I saw, I conquered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Apostrophe

• personification in which human characteristics are given to animals

• personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or living

  ex) Death, take me now

• repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sentence ex) he cried a sigh of high denial

• omitting conjunctions, articles, or pronouns for speed or economy

  ex) the conjunction "&" is removed in I came, I saw, I conquered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Assonance

• personification in which human characteristics are given to animals

• personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or living

  ex) Death, take me now

• repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sentence ex) he cried a sigh of high denial

• omitting conjunctions, articles, or pronouns for speed or economy

  ex) the conjunction "&" is removed in I came, I saw, I conquered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Asyndeton

• personification in which human characteristics are given to animals

• personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or living

  ex) Death, take me now

• repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sentence ex) he cried a sigh of high denial

• omitting conjunctions, articles, or pronouns for speed or economy

  ex) the conjunction "&" is removed in I came, I saw, I conquered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Cacophony

• use of harsh sounding words or a discord of sounds

• balancing pattern where the main elements are reversed ex) fair is foul & foul is fair

• repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, especially at the ends of words ex) each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds

• opposite of euphemism, a crude/shocking word/expression

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Chiasmus

• use of harsh sounding words or a discord of sounds

• balancing pattern where the main elements are reversed ex) fair is foul & foul is fair

• repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, especially at the ends of words ex) each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds

• opposite of euphemism, a crude/shocking word/expression

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5